Sleeve-board.



J. H. D. EVERETT.

SLEEVE BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 22, 191i.

Patented J an. 7, I913.

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SLEEVE-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. F,

Application filed December 22, 1911. Serial No. 667,277.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN HART Dnwan l lvninrrr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Sault Ste. Marie, in the State of Michigan, United States of America, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Sleeve-Boards, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined sleeve board and iron stand attachment for ironing tables and the objects of the inventionare to provide a detachable sleeve board arranged in cooperation with an iron stand and adapted to swing over the same so that when the sleeve board is not in use it may be swung to either side to leave the iron stand clear and it consists essen tially of the improved construction hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specifications and drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspect-ive view of the device. Fig. 2 is a longi tudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4c is cross-sectional detail on the line 22, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail with the sleeve board removed. Fig. 6 is a sectional view through an alternative form of the invention.

In the drawings like characters of refer ence indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an ironing board of any suitable or desirable construction and not forming part of the present invention.

B represents the iron stand mounted on one end of the ironing board and firmly attached thereto by suitable means, such as the screws 10. The iron stand is formed with suitable legs 11 and with end flanges 12 adapted to prevent the iron slipping off the same.

C represents the sleeve board which is detachably mounted on the ironing board by means of a bracket member 14L having a bi furcated end 15 adapted to it about a stud 16 formed on a plate 17 which is secured to the end of the ironing board A by screws or bolts and spaced a short distance back of the iron stand, the head 18 of the stud being adapted to fit over the members of the bifurcated end and so retain the bracket member in position while leaving it and the sleeve board free to swing from side to side. The bracket member and sleeve board are adapted to normally be maintain-ed by gravity in central position, which is accomplished in the embodiment illustrated by providing a projecting flange 19 on the bracket 'member adapted to fit into a cen tral notch 20 on the flange 12 of the iron stand.

In attaching the detachable sleeve board C to the ironing board A the bifurcated end 15 of the l acket 14L is engaged under the head 18 of the stud 16 and the sleeve board can then be swung into any desired position. in moving it to a central position, the lower edge of the flange 19 will ride on the flange 12 until the central notch 20 is reached, when the flange 19 will drop into it and so retain the sleeve board in central positiornsufticient space being left in the connection between the stud and bifurcated end to permit this. To guard against accidental detachment of the sleeve board small enlargements 21 are provided on top of each of the members that form the bifurcated end 15.

It will be observed that the sleeve board may he swung to either side and when so swung leaves the iron stand clear and in convenient position to hold the sad iron. In addition the iron stand does not, when the sleeve board is swung over it, interfere with the proper ironing of the sleeve of the garment on the sleeve board and leaves both ends free to be used for this purpose.

The advantages of the device in use will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Wlwn. the sleeve board is not in use it may be swung clear of the iron stand when it will not in any way interfere with the same. ll hen in use the sleeve board is held in position over the stand and any pressure on it does not exertany upward strain on the iron stand nor a strain which will tend to tilt the ironing board. The pressure communicated from the sleeve board to the iron stand is in a downward direction and is thus communicated directly to the ironing board. As both ends of the sleeve board are free the shoulder as well as the other parts of the sleeve may be ironed on. it, and the freedom of the sides of it from any form of connecting mechanism will be found to be a considerable advantage.

In the alternative form shown in Fig. 6 a stand or support 22 is provided for the sad iron on the end of the sleeve board.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my inven tion, within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

A combined sleeve board and iron stand attachment for ironing tables comprising an iron stand a stud on the ironing board adjacent to the iron stand, a sleeve board and means on the sleeve board having detachable engagement with the stud and adapted to permit it to be swung over the iron stand, said means including a bracket member having a bifurcated end fitting about the stud, and a flange on the bracket member adapted toengage a central notch on the iron stand.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HA EEWAR EVERETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

